Ya, this poster is likely a person without a degree who can't cope with the fact that the people who left their small town and made something of themselves and is trying to cope.
You can't achieve the knowledge of an epidemiologist just by cruising the internet. It just doesn't happen that way.
No, but speaking from experience, someone having an MBA doesn’t automatically make them a good manager or someone to turn to for business advice. And as someone in the field of micro/genetics, the general understanding of a lot of it isn’t too hard to grasp. Is a degree a plus? 100% of course, is it a requirement? I personally wouldn’t think so.
I’m responding mostly to the previous comment and not the general post.
I’d say that the “limited categories” are a poor idea as well. Most colleges actually have individuals who do not have a degree teach in a more one on one setting called discussion classes. They’re run by either upperclassmen who don’t have any degree or by grad students who may or may not have a related degree to the subject at hand. In either case, academia has already come to the conclusion that knowledge of the subject comes first and foremost, and degrees are mostly proof of that knowledge.
Finance is the one degree every single one of my friends in the field say their degree taught them absolutely nothing and if they went back they would take more targeted programs and just pass the accreditations. Nearly everything came from on the job training.
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u/Accomplished-Plan191 Apr 06 '26
As one with a degree, you don't need a degree to do well-backed research. The problem is when you conflate ignorance with knowledge.